PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
VOL. 10, No- 27.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1927.
FIVE CENTS.
Council Assists Diamond Jubilee With $500 Vote
Good Provision 1� Made for Every-thin? Excepting the Street Decoration. ,
1W Band of Prince George Will be
Heard for First Time in
Public.
The members of the city council decided on Monday evening to con tribute $-r>00 toward the expenses of tjlC celebration of Canada's diamond jubilee. The decision came after a i,>r,-.rdiscussion, and the outcome appeared to be satisfactory to all. The totion was moved by Alderman Mof t";t:. chairman of the finance committee, and was seconded by Alderman Griffith. It provided that the city should contribute the sum of $500, of which $350 would be turned over I the local branch of the Canadian
KAMLOOPS PROPERTY
OWNERS REJECT PLAN
TO SELL POWER PLANT
The ratepayers of Kamloops on Thursday last defeated the bylaw which called for the sale of the municipal power plant to the National Bond & Discount company of Portland. With approximately 790 names on the list a vote of 508 was recorded at the poll, but it was more than two to one against the sale proposition, the afirmative vote being 161 and the negative :J47. The heavy vote on the bylaw will halt all propositions for the sale of the plant for the time.
At Vernon the ratepayers gave their approval to a bylaw by a vote of 269'to 102 which called for entering into an agreement with the Portland company, but it was contingent upon the approval of the bylaw b< the Kamloops property owners, and therefore falls with the defeat of "the Kamloops bylaw.
GIVEN FIVE YEARS
FOR DOPE PEDDLING
Montreal, June 7.�Joseph Farley | said to be a member of a Gfigantie I ring engaged in international smug-! irling, was sentenced to five years im-
ion to defray cost of entertaining! prisonment yesterday upon a conviction of dope peddling.
children on the morning of Do niinion Day and meet part of the cost ; of the fireworks display. The re-j i!.,tir.ing $150 will be split evenly j to pay part of the cost of ;, local band's services in con-1 noction with the celebration, and to
sist in the decoration of the cih j streets. While the appropriation for street decoration is small, Alderman Moffat expressed his confidence that I t! �� merchants of the city would make j up the additional amount required.
A 11. Bayne, leader of the newly organized land, had previously ex-j plained to the council that the total charge for the band's services was $200. The agricultural association! was meeting $125 of this amount,! but its officers had informed hiir j they would not be able to meet the j additional amount to cover the services on the morning of Dominion Day. The decision had forced him' to submit the matter to the city! council for adjustment.
('. W. Ferry, speaking on behalf
of the local branch of the Canadian
cgion, secured the consent of the
uncil to making the fireworks dis-
Record Price is Realized on Sale of City Bonds
Mayor Patterson Disposes of Waterworks Extension Issue at Good Figure.
Enhanced Credit of City Shown in Advance From 90 in 1922
to 101 *8.
v from the top of Connaught park instead of Dean's Heights as originally intended.
Alderman Opie raised the question of a tire risk, and of the possible injury to children if the display were permitted in the city, but the ques-, tion of tire risk appeared to be satisfactorily covered in the assurance j of the manufacturers of the fireworks, and the members of the Legion undertook to prevent harm to any children if given the necessary authority. On motion of Alderman Moffat, seconded by Alderman Griffith, the authority was given.
Alderman Opie presented a report; from the public works committee to the effect that the nuisances in con-| ntction with the Briscoe lumberyard had been abated. In connection with � the Bustin wroodyard there remained a structure which encroached upon | Queen street, and the committee re- j conrinended that it be removed.
<>n motion of Alderman Moffat, seconded by Alderman Fraser, thei i i uncil empowered the public works committee to remove all structures; from streets and lanes and to remove; any existing on lots owned by thei city
I'he council authorized the public', rks committee to improve condi-existing at the corner of Bruns-j and Fifth, at which point a por-"f a lot owned by Knox churcn used ;is a roadway. The recommendation of Alderman' Griffith, that a standpipe be supplied' the convenience of farmers usinj,p i municipal driving shed, was; lopted on motion of Alderman j "offat, seconded by Alderman Ken-;V- When the standpipe is sup-, " il a watering trough will be ad-1
. ^s a matter of temporary relief to � merchants the council decided to instruct J. C. McKenzie to arrange for the sprinkling of the streets in ;i< business section from the tire ydrants while the council is consid-ring permanent street improvement. '
�n the suggestion of Alderman �M"iTat it was decided to give the ['"�iital society title to the site of 1 proposed nurses' home to assist ,'!1 financing the building. The soci-'"l>" will be required to have the necessary survey made.
E. Wilson was appointed approving officer of titles for the city. ll11* position becomes necessary to provide for the registration of titles �^portions of citv lots.
I he council made a sale to S. J.
of
upon h
\tsrin of lot 30( block 125j upon hlcn there sre improvements, the u�sideration being the accrued cos. Watson's was the only bid ur,.UPc| for the property
J he finance committee recommend-;'� Payment of accounts to the *niount of $1094.97.
Mayor Patterson on Tuesday, morning closed an offer for the pur-chase of the civic issue of $12,000 in 6*/< bonds, the proceeds from which will be used for watermain extensions and increasing the number of j fire hydrants. The purchaser of the bonds is the Royal Financial corpora-1 tion, of Vancouver. The price to be j received is 101%, which is higher by � many points than any former price received by the city. With tho exception of a few bonds which were sold privately for 92, the previous high mark for Prince George securities was 90, which was received for the last issue made in 1922, and from this the price broke down as low as 78.
Compared with the best price formerly received in the open market Tuesday's sale makes a gain of 11 Vs. j It may be admitted that money has become somewhat cheaper since 1922 but the major part of the increased price represents the enhanced municipal credit which has come as a result of the careful administration during the past two or three years.
When thf present issue w'as decided upon Mayor Patterson was in hopes of being able to sell the whole or the greater part of the issue locally, and a number of offers were made for purchase at par, but when the price went beyond par it was decided better to make a sale of the lot to the Royal Financial corporation rather than take a chance on local investors meeting this company's offer.
BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
AN ADDED ATTRACTION AT JUBILEE CELEBRATION
A baseball tournament, participated in by five teams, will be an added
feature at the diamond jubilee celebration in this city on July 1st and 2nd. The teams which will take part j will come from Shelley, Giscome and Alezn Lake, and will meet two Prince George teams. One of the local teams will be entered as Prince George and the other as the Outlaws. A purse of $200 has been set aside by the celebration management and will go to the team winning the tournament. One game will be played * the exhibition grounds during each day of the celebration, and a second twilight game each evening at Duch-cfs park.
HAMILTON LAD BREAKS
DISCUS THROWING RECORD
London, June fi.�At the dominion interscholastic track meet held here on Saturday. A . Svonkin, of the Hamilton collegiate, oroke the record for throwing the discus by nine feet. Syonkin's mark was 111 feet 4 Ms inches
Race Entries from Edmonton and Calgary
E. S. T. Johnson, of 141-Mile House,
Will Enter a String of Four
Fast Ones.
A. E Sibley Says Indications Point
to Probability of Even Better
Races Than Last Year.
Dominion Day will see the greatest bunch of fast horses which has ever been brought together in British Columbia outside of the coast cities. In the two race meetings which have been held under the auspices of the local agricultural association an exceptionally favorable impression has been created in the minds of t1 owners, and nearly all who entered in the two former meetings will have their horses on hand for the two-day meet on July 1st and 2nd. In adi-tion there are promises of entries being made by Calgary owners.
The big race of the meeting will be the Prince George Derby. Thi is a mile race for a silver cup and ; purse of $450 split $250, $150 and $50, The purses are liberal, and owners who have previously entered in events run on the local track are greatly pleased with it. Two other big races are on the card for t'b first day, the Cariboo Road and the Telkwa stakes. Each of these is five-eighths race for purses <>f $200 The big events on the card set for second day are the Quesnel and Giscome stake races, each for purses of $200, the distance in the former being three-quarters and in the second five-eighths. Lesser events fill out the card for both days of the meet. To give all horses a chance to get into the money the winners of first and second place in the Prince George Derby are barred in the Cariboo and Quesnel stakes.
A. E. Sibley, chairman of the racing committee, has assurances that E. S. T. Johnson, of the 141-Mile House, will have a string of at least four horses entered in the various events. These will include Hasten-On, Capilano, Heather Bell and Sleepy Sam. The Edwards stables, of Kamlops, will enter Firefly, The Minute and Trinket, the latter an animal which was securer! in a trade of Sunset.
Archer, the Edmonton man, who entered Phil Martin in last year's meet, will be on hand this year with a couple of fast horses which he is confident will break into the money Guy Barbour, also of Edmonton, ha* announced his intention of bringing in at least two horses, and W. Raw-strom has made arrangements t< bring in two or more horses from Calgary.
There is no assurance that the Telkwa horses will he entered thi' year but there is still plenty of time. Joe Simpson will likely be seen in some of the smaller races. The horse is now owned by Donnelly, of Quesnel, who has intimated his intention of bringing him along.
PROPERTY LOSS IN
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IS
SET AT $1,000,000,000
New Orleans, June 6.�The property loss in the Mississippi valley, as the result of the floods, is set at one billion dollars, the greatest in the history of the nation. The high stage has apparently been reached, but the flood waters have created a lake 225 miles long by from 50 to 100 miles wide, under which lies some of the most fertile land in the republic. In some sections the water is subsiding, and refugees are returning to their homes. The water in the course of the flood reached the highest stage known, and in the opinion of engineers the building o* a system of levees which would cope with similar conditions would cost more than the lands are valued at. All plans ,for protective works are based upon ordinary high water stages. If similar conditions are experienced it is expected that the stupendous damage of the pasty few-weeks will be repeated.
PRESBYTERIANS MEET
IN REGINA NEXT YEAR
Stratford, June 7.�The general assembly of the Presbyterian church in session here, by an almost unanimous vote, selected Regina as the place for meeting next year.
Columbia Made the Trip to Berlin I From New York
Hopped Off in America Saturday
Morning and Landed Near
Berlin Sunday Afternoon.
WHIPPET FOUR HANGS
UP RECORD OF THIRTY HOURS FROM VANCOUVER
Ralph LeBlanc, driving a Whippet-Four, on Sunday evening hung up a record of thirty hours in making tho trip from Vancouver to Prince George. LeBlanc left Vancouver a! 4:.'5O o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday and arrived in this city at 10:30 o'clock on Sunday evening
AMERICAN ROTARIANS
REACH PLYMOUTH ON WAY TO OSTEND CONVENTION
BAFFIN LAND WOULD
NOT SUPPORT REINDEER
Ottawa, June 4.�It is admitted in departmental circles that the experiment of importing reindeer to Baffin Land has ended in failure. Information received by the denartment of tlip interior as to available food for the animals is such that no further effort will be made to place them in Boffin Land.
Plymouth, June 4.�The steamer Carona, the vanguard of a fleet bearing three thousand Rotariang from Canada and the United States to attend a convention in Ostend. Belgium, has arrived off this port. The Ostend convention, is it expected, will be the most important gathering in the entire history of Rotarians.
TILDEN AND HUNTER
DEFEATED IN DOUBLE?)
St. Cloud, France, June 6.�Joan Borotra and Rene Lacoste, the rank-in jr French tennis stars, on Saturday defeated W. T. Tilden and Francis T. Hunter, the United States players, in the men's doubles in the international hard tennis tournament. The finals in the doubles will be confined to French players, the team which eliminated Tilden and Hunter meeting Cochet and Jacques Brugnon.
ROTARIAN GATHERING IS
TRULY INTERNATIONAL
Ostend, June 6.�The convention of Rotarians which opened in this city is doubtless as truly international in its complexion as anv gatherine which has assembled in Europe. It is the eiehteenth convention of the organization, and there were delegates present from forty differen' nations.
Had More Favorable Weather for s the Crossing Than Captain Lindbergh on His Trio.
New York, June 6.�Word was received here last night of the arrival in the vicinity of Berlin of the Bel-anco plane Columbia, which hopped off at Roosevelt Field at six o'clock on Saturday morning from a nonstop flight to Berlin. The first news was very disquieting, in that it stated the plane had been seen in G-erma but that it had encountered a dense fog, and fear was expressed that it had crashed in making a landing. Later advices were to the effect that the Columbia was forced to make a landing 170 miles from Berlin. It took off again and got within 70 miles of its destination, when it wasj forced to make another landing and; this time the propel lor of the machine was broken.
The trip across the Atlantic was made by Lawrence A. E. Chamberlain, as pilot, and by Charles A. Le-vine, one of the chief financial backers of the flight. Levine kept secret his intention of making the trip, and it was not until the Columbia was well on its way that it was known he | was in the machine. The distance covered by the Columbia in its flight is given as 3800 miles, and it was Chamberlain's announced intention to follow the course taken by Capt. Charles Lindbergh in his recent flight from N'ew York to Paris. While the trip of the Columbia is regarded as eminently successful, it is n<>t possible at present to make a comparison as to the time with that of Lindbergh,
There was everything in favor of the Columbia, as she was of better design, affording the pilot a free vision without the aid of a periscope. She also had the advantage of carrying two, whereas Lindbergh nulled a solo trip. The Columbia had a gas tank capacity of 388 gallons, ami in addition carried five 12-gallon tins as| an emergency supply. She had a regular cruising1 speed of 110 miles an hour, but v.:\s 'capable of developing a speed of 130 miles.
Berlin, June 7.�Clarence Chamberlain and Charles Levine arrived here today in the monoplane Columbia, thus completing their flight from New York which was interrupted by two forced landings within a few miles of this city. The fliers received a great ovation from a gathering of :i5,000 persons.
New York, June 7.�The Coluni bia established a long distance nonstop flight, having travelled .'?7!)0 mile.s when it made its first landing near Berlin, being in the air 44 hours and 35 minutes, and maintaining an average speed for the trip of approximately 90 miles an hour. The Columbia's mileage was 180 miles greater than covered by Captain Lind-burgh in the second crossing of th< Atlantic. The first flight was made by the airmen Alcock and Brown ir 1919 when thev flew from Newfound land to Ireland.
CANADIAN SOCCER STARS
WIN IN NEW ZEALAND
Council Approves Annexing Pineview to Ciiy Schools
Fixing Cost of Transport of Pupils
Is Only Difficulty in the
Way
Finance Committee Instructed to
Confer With Trustee* and
Report.
The proposed incorporation of the Fineview area in the Prince George school district was submitted to the nierrhers of the city council by the Prince George school board on Monday evening. J. B. Lambert, chairman of the board, was the spokesman for the trustees, and he was supported ty Secretary J. G. Quinn, Trustee F. C. Saunders and Inspector G. H. Gov/�r.
The members of the city school boari are anxious to bring about the inclusion of the Pineview district, and there is no objection on the part of members of the city council, but a difference developed in the matter of procedure. The discussion disclosed no real difficulty in the inclusion of the Pineview district. During the past twro weeks the subject has been thoroughly worked over, and the consensus of opinion is that the children in the Pineview district can be educated i;i the city schools at no greater cost '.han would atten-1 their teaching in a district school.
1" is suggested the matter will be arranged by ascertaining the net per capita costs of education in *"he public and high schools of the city, plus the requirement? for interest and sinking fund in connection wich school debenture!1, plus the cost of conveying the i'inev>ew pupils to ;>.n:[ from the city schools. The schoo* rate for Pineview must be the same as that for the city, but equalization can be brought afcout by lowering the assessment in Pineview district so that the rate imposed will just yield the amount required.
The sticking point on Monday evening was the cost of transport of pupils. The trustees had an estimate that transport could be effected at an outside cost of $1000 per annum, of which amount the educational auth-1 orities of the province would find I $F,00. Mayor Patterson said the es-j timate of the trustees was not s&tis-I factory, and intimated the trustees should have called for tenders for the transport, and found a reliable person who would contract at a specified figure. The trustees countered they were not in a position to let a contract until it was known whether the Pineview district would be included in the city school district.
There was a somewh-it be-1*"' wrangle over this and in the end it was decided to authorize the finance committee of the council to confer with the school trustees and report to the next meeting. It is the intenion to bring about the inclusion of the Pineview district prior to the opening of the schools in September, and ultimately to include the South Fort George and Fort George school districts.
Wellington, June 3�The Canadian soccer stars are continuing their triumphal tour of New Zealand. Yesterday they defeated the Wellington eleven 3-0.
HIXON CREEK CROWNED ITS
MAY QUEEN ON MAY 27
E. J. Avison, of Quesnel, performed the ceremony of crowning little Dorothy Mackay as Hixon Creek's May Queen on May 27th. Thp ceremony took place in the presence of the children of the Hixon Creek school who put on a special programme of dances, recitations, songs and dialogues, and rounded it out with the presentation of a sketch entitled "Betty in Dreamland." After the coronation had been attended to Mr. Avison complimented the children upon their proficiency, and the chairman, J. Mackay, paid deserved tribute to their teacher. Mrs. Ashby, for the training she had given them.
LORD DURHAM'S BEAM IS
WINNER OF "THE OAKS"
London, June 3.�Lord Durham's Beam was the i4">th winner of The Oaks, which was run today on the Derby course. Lord Astor's Book-law was second, and Sir George Durroughs* Grand Vitesse third.
FEARS ENTERTAINED FOR
HEAD OF ITALIAN MASONS
Geneva, June 8.�Friends of Domitian Torrigani, past grand master of the suppressed Masonic order of Italy, are apprehensive as to his safety. Nothing has been heard concerning him since he was banisho^ by the Italian government to a penal colony.
NO SIGN OF CUTWORMS
ON THE PRAIRIES SO FAR
Winnipeg, June G.�Reports received by grain men from all sections of the prairies indicate no sign of the cutworm this season. They usually make their appearance about May 15th.